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Create documentation for DATEFORMAT#11250

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Create documentation for DATEFORMAT#11250
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To be included in 11.12 release. Requires team review.


`expression` is a value of type Date and time.

`pattern` is a pattern used to convert `expression` to a string value. Only string literals are allowed.

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and parameters

1. HSQLDB uses zero-based indexing and returns values `0` to `11`
2. Other databases use one-based indexing and return values `1` to `12`

6. In addition to listed limitations, there are other implementation differences between database engines.

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Can we be more specific here? And/or list things that we do support?

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Approved by datastorage team.

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Thanks for the PR @dahfjkg
I've made a minor change to emphasize that date parsing is not exactly the same as for the parsing functions.
And corrected a couple of minor Markdown issues.
(https://github.com/mendix/docs/pull/11250/changes/2fe60043506da2de6c11fa75f96325576ae1e236..95fd1c2a4b7a76d98e11290347ede755a5600e87)
Let me know if you have any comments.
Approving ready for 11.12.

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MarkvanMents merged commit 57ff36a into mendix:development Jun 30, 2026
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